Medical Kit Bags

I've made quite a few little medical kit bags lately.

I have given them as gifts.

And a few went into the Gallery Shop.

They are perfect for the car!

The Gifted Cat

Following the success of the softie mouse...

I thought I would give a little cat a go.



I'm calling it the Cat & Mouse softie, since I used the Mouse pattern body and just added a different head...

I suspect there is a bit of room for improvement there!

But the little sweetie I gave it to seemed happy, so all is good.

Mermaids Like to Read



A few weeks ago my niece had her 5th Birthday.

I was told that Mermaids were the 'thing'.

I decided to have a go at drawing a mermaid to make a stitchery, suitable to make into a library book bag for school.

I used some pet Prints Charming fabrics that I had been carefully hoarding for some time, only to discover that this range has now been released in Spotlight stores...

...

I also made a little softie mouse.

This comes from a pattern by Clare Youngs and is in the book

Christmas Crafting in no Time.

And even though I am seriously hysterically petrified of mice,

this one is kind of cute.

Happy Birthday!

Birthdays...

I am going to have to back track a little,

First to Lisa's Birthday ( which was in June )

This is the gift I made...

It is a paper craft,

Papier Mache letters covered in book pages and paper flowers for embellishment.

and

this is the card I made...

I have actually made a heap of these ready for upcoming birthdays. 

July is my birthday...

This is the gift display I woke up to

Very gorgeous.

And a yummy cake.

This sweet little stitchery / applique was a gift from Kate

I suggested that I would be happy with just the stitchery and then I could make it up into something - I like the making more than the stitching mostly.

So Kate went with that and so did Lisa...

I have often admired the stitchery in this book, but knew I would never do it so I dropped a big hint and Lisa took it up.

Lisa completed the stitchery and I have made it into the cushion.

Looks Fab.

I am very pleased with this.

I decided since it turned out so well,

 I will do a cushion with the one Kate did too.

This was a gift from Sharon, a beautiful bag that I think was a project from Inspired Stitches 2011 in Adelaide.

I do love the colours.

Tiff has made me some doilies...

And Wendy made me a Tissue Box cover...

I have told the girls that I intend to change the colour scheme in the bedroom to yellow, grey, black and white so now I have some lovely things for the 'new room' - I just have to do the hard stuff, paint the walls and things.

Molly Turned 21

My oldest niece had her 21st birthday this month.

Molly wanted cash for her birthday - don't we all?

I made her a sweet little card though...

To hold the folding!